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Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Harbor | December 18, 1620 | HISTORY
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On December 18, 1620, with the English ship Mayflower anchored in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, a small party of sailors from the vessel go ashore, as its passengers prepare to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.
The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Separatists in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers—dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony—crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World.
The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Separatists in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers—dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony—crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World.
Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Harbor | December 18, 1620 | HISTORY
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Most people believe, incorrectly, that the Pilgrims came to the new world for freedom of religion. NOTHING could be further from the truth. They were possibly the most religiously intolerant people alive in Europe at the time. They were run out of England because they obstinately refused to cease and desist from disrupting other people's (specifically, mainline Anglicans') religious services. They didn't come here for freedom of religion. They came here for the freedom to practice their preferred brand of religious oppression. There's a difference!
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